Negative Effects Of King Louis Xiv

The Sun King King Louis XIV was the absolute ruler of France from 1638-1718. He came into thrown at the age of five and ruled until his death just before his 77th birthday. Louis was a strong, powerful and lavish ruler of France. He believed in the Divine Rights of the King and ruled with total authority. King Louis faced many problems, and attempted to solve them by issuing policies however they did not all have positive effects on France. King Louis worked to improve the economy and industry of his reign, became a patron of the arts and lead France into constant warfare.
When Louis came into power Frances economy was “fractured, unstable and nearly insolvent”(History.com staff). France was entirely reliant on foreign goods and industry.
By revoking the Edict of Nantes with the Edict of Fontainebleau distressed the Huguenot community in France. This caused nearly 400,000 people of the Protestant community in France to flee and find religious freedom again in other countries like “England, Prussia, Holland and America”(The Editors of Encyclopædis Britannica). The revolution of the Edict of Nantes required all Protestant churches to be closed and banned anybody in France from practicing the Protestant faith. It also banished Huguenot pastors who refused to convert to Catholicism. Revoking the Edict of Nantes “deprived France of it's most industrious commercial class” (The Editors of Encyclopædis Britannica). This basically put France right back to where it was before Louis and Colbert made all the reforms in order to improve the French economy and industry. By admiring the arts, Louis was provoked to build a massive palace called Versailles. Today this place would cost $2 billion to build. Louis made this palace the center of all arts and to tame the nobility. He also used it to impress and show of France's wealth to foreign countries. The palace became a symbol in France for absolutism. Unfortunately, Louis showing of all his wealth in through the palace made envy arise in the peasants. The French royalty was also completely out of touch with the citizens of France because they had absolutely anything they wanted and the common man had to
He practiced absolute rule. The Sun King faced many difficulties, introduced many policies and affected the country of France in many ways. Louis worked to improve the economy, became a patron of the arts and attempted to expand France's borders. The Sun King went down in history for being one of the most impactful kings in the History of